CLD Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
CLD Vallée-de-la-Gatineau












Action Plan
Forest Sector

Objectives and Actions
  • To increase concerted action between businesses and actors on secondary and tertiary processing.
  • To involve forest stakeholders in preparing a status report on the industry and confirming a strategy aimed at harmonising forest management and industry practices.
  • To promote product and market diversification and to identify opportunities to attract investors.
  • To promote the development of companies that give priority to hardwood fibre processing.
  • To identify potential uses for hardwood fibres.
  • To promote financial assistance to ensure a sound capitalisation of businesses that have added-value production projects.
  • To establish an intervention group to develop a local expertise in forestry with a view to identifying markets and projects with a high potential and attract investments from local entrepreneurs.
  • To disseminate information on the 1st and 2nd Brigade program.
  • To participate in the implementation of a promotional campaign to enhance public perception of forestry trades and forest environment.
  • To identify and attract promoters of secondary processing business projects.